It’s really very simple.
Bring up a terminal window.
At the command prompt type sudo rm -r <directory-name>
So, if you wanted to remove a directory called ’spare’ that was in the directory ‘etc’ which is itself off the home directory you would simply type without the quotes ’sudo rm -r /etc/spare’
The system will prompt you for your [...]
Wikipedia says: "Co working is an emerging trend for a new pattern for working. Typically work-at-home professionals or independent contractors or people who travel frequently end up working in relative isolation. Co working is the social gathering of a group of people, who are still working independently, but who share values and who are interested [...]
Tagged charleston, chs, chscowork, coworkingGoogle has announced the launch of Google Public DNS. It’s an alternative domain name service available to any Internet user.
IT can replace the DNS that are typically provided by Internet Service Providers or Domain Registration companies
Google’s Announcement says “Google Public DNS [can] serve many DNS requests in the round trip time it takes a packet [...]
Tagged DNS, domain names, google, google public DNS, nameservers, setting up DNSVisiting friends this afternoon, they wanted to go to their local Big Lots.
Now I’m not one for shopping unless I want something, but I thought best not to be unsociaable and wander along with them anyway.
It took me under ten minutes to go around the whole store. Just before I finished I found this one [...]
Tagged blackberry, cellphone, charger, emergencyOne positive side of Facebook’s aquisition of Friendfeed might be to assure its longevity in these uncertain times.
Those of you that know me, know that whilst I use Facebook, I am no fan of it, preferring regular email, blogs and websites.
I’ve taken to Friendfeed and Twitter though as they easy to use from a regular [...]
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You use iTunes on your Windows system to purchase and listen to music? You don’t have an iPod, and perhaps don’t really want to get one, as you have a Blackberry and have already found [...]
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Spam is all over the place, and it’s even moved onto Twitter.
Social Media “experts” abound. Get rich quick Marketing schemes. If you’re on Twitter you know it can be a real pain trying to [...]
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A plain computer illiterate guy rings tech support to report that his computer is faulty.
Tech: What’s the problem? User: There is smoke coming out of the power supply. Tech: [...]
I’ve tried many computerized systems. Before we had online (as cloud-based) we had computerized one’s that required synching. Before that we had to print out a daily or weekly task list. Beofre that, we probably carried a Day Timer or a diary, or even a notepad and pencil.
I’ve tried quite a few. Microsoft and Lotus [...]
Microsoft introduced the .docx file format in its new Office and Word applications and wants it to replace the commonly used doc format. The problem with the change from doc to docx is that many users are still working with prior versions of Word or no Microsoft product at all and face the problem that [...]
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